Linderhof

Gardening, Cooking and Decorating on the Prairie of Kansas

Welcome to Linderhof, our 1920's home on the prairie, where there's usually something in the oven, flowers in the garden for tabletops and herbs in the garden for cooking. Where, when company comes, the teapot is always on and there are cookies and cakes to share in the larder.

Friday, January 1, 2016

Lucy's Quilt

I'm a needlepointer

Not a quilter

But I think I've been around friend Nancy too much!

For I decided to make my First Grand Girl, Lucy, a quilt

Nancy was a wealth of information and I could not have done it without her.

My first note after talking to her read 7 x 9

I thought feet -- she meant squares

(she straightened me out when I talked to her later)

Thank heaven, time was limited when I went to buy fabric

and couldn't figure out how many yards of each fabric I would need for a 7 x 9 foot quilt!

But once on the right track

of needing 7 by 9 squares

And not only that but she told me how much yardage of each fabric I'd need!

(No figuring for me!)

I found some pretty fabric at Hobby Lobby,

I wanted something "classic", fit for a child but also for a teen or an adult

In other words, a quilt that she could have "forever"!

I cut and I sewed

I had batting and a back

I tied

I made a binding and sewed that on

And when Grand Girl Lucy came for Christmas

She had the quilt to sleep under

I chose green and yellow as the colors

because her room is yellow

But it's not a quilt to take home

It's a quilt to sleep under at Nana and Poppy's

Children like constants

And what better constant than your bedding.

The backing is a riot of pink roses with a yellow background and green leaves

It looks like a little girl's quilt!

The front is alternating squares of a sage green fabric with white dots and a yellow and white calico type fabric

Hello Martha,I have been reading your lovely blog for many years, and love the graceful way you share your life!! Being a quilter, I just had to comment on the quilt you made as a gift for Christmas. It is so beautiful and I love the way you linked the colors in the front and back. The yellow large flower print is so beautiful. Congratulations on your beautiful work. It seems a natural drift to your lovely life.Happy New Year,Marcia